do you know? 7 secrets about Vista

We know that Windows XP powertoy can also enable the same function in XP, but Vista is built directly into this very useful feature. What's even cooler is that if you right-click on a directory on the network, clicking on "Open Command Prompt Here" will automatically map it to a network drive and act as the current working directory for the command line. Turning off CMD will automatically cancel the mapping of the network drive.
2. The path is also copied

Similar to the secret 1, this function also needs the help of SHIFT.
Hold down SHIFT and right click on the file or directory. There will be a copy of “Copy as Path” in the right-click menu. The function is to save the local or network path of the file or directory to the clipboard. It is much more convenient to tell someone where the file or directory is located.
3.Recover lost "start/run"

We know that Vista's start menu integrates directly with the search box, so users can easily find the program or something else they want to launch. So Microsoft let the "run" in the start menu go to class.

In fact, Microsoft did not cancel the "run" function of Vista, even the "run" shortcut key - Win+R Change; of course you can do this if you want "Run" to reappear in the Start menu:
1. Right click on the Start menu and select Properties.
2. Select the "Start Menu" tab and click the "Customize" button.
3. Make sure that the "Run command" tick
The long-lost Run appears in the start menu again

4. Disable UAC two methods

Vista Introduced a new security mechanism UAC (User Account Control), that is, users usually use Vista as a limited user, and the system will allow users to temporarily have administrator privileges to complete administrative tasks when needed, which greatly reduces The chance of malware entering the system is small. See the UAC official blog for the principles of UAC. However, this seems to be an extra feature for advanced users. Let's see how to turn it off.
The first method
is very simple. Enter the control panel and enter "uac" in the search bar above to display the following screen. Then click on "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off".

If you want to enjoy the enhanced security brought by UAC and don't want to be harassed by the prompt dialog box, then there is the second method
:
1. Enter "Local Security Policy" in the search bar of the Start menu.
2. Accept the permission to raise the prompt.
3. Select Security Settings -> Local Policy -> Security Options.
4. Drag the scrolling station to see 9 options related to UAC.
5. Change the value of User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode from the original "Prompt for consent" to "Elevate without prompting".

After modifying, just right click on a shortcut and select "Run as Administrator" (run as administrator) will no longer appear UAC prompt window.
5. Quick Launch Bar also has shortcuts

In Vista, the Quick Launch Bar also gets a seemingly small but very useful feature upgrade: you can use shortcut keys to launch shortcuts . The first icon in the quick launch bar corresponds to the shortcut key Win+1, the second icon corresponds to Win+2, and so on. Hurry and drag the most used programs into it!

6. Command line can also be used during installation.

Press Shift+F10 during Vista installation to open the command line window. This is also valid for the continued installation process after the first reboot. But be careful with your operation, this time any improper operation of the system can be fatal.
7. The oldest component

Microsoft is always trying to keep the new operating system to the maximum compatibility with older programs. For example, Jim Allchin once demonstrated Visicalc (the oldest spreadsheet software) running on Vista at PDC 2003. Of course, Vista was also called a long-legged cow. So what is the oldest component in Vista?
The answer is the MS-DOS first line editor edlin
, which was introduced a quarter of a century ago. It is mainly used to edit batch files. Although this is not an easy-to-use program, edlin loads quite quickly, and the tolerance for errors is higher than the "copy con filename.txt" command for similar purposes.